Furniture slip cover



Nov. 14, 1939. rr-z 2.179.805

FURNITURE SLIP COVER Filed June 13, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 free/wafer lz'fz 7 72151352 flitarzze z Nov. 14, 1939. p u j-rz 2,179,805

FURNITURE SLIP COVER Filed June 13, 1936 ZSheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov.14, 1939 UNTED STATES PATENT OFFlCE FURNITURE SLIP COVER ApplicationJune 13, 1936, Serial N0.- 85,069

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture slip covers.

One object of the invention is to provide a slip cover for a stulfedarticle of furniture, which can be adjusted at the shoulders of the backof the article to provide a smooth fit notwithstanding the variations inwidth, thickness and shape of the back.

A further object of the invention is to provide a slip cover comprisingfront and rear panels for the back of the article of furniture to one ofwhich panels is secured auxiliary panels or cover sections which areadapted to be brought over the shoulders of the back and the lateraledge thereof to cover the same and to have the opposite free verticaledges inserted beneath the adjacent edge of the other panel, the saidauxiliary cover sections providing adjustable means for fitting thecover to articles of furniture having backs of diiierent dimensions.

Dther objects of the invention relate to various features ofconstruction and arrangement, which will be apparent from aconsideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stuffed chair showing my improvedslip cover in position thereon.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of a portion of a slip cover embodyingthe present improvements, the cover being shown in detached relation.

Figure 3 is a broken sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a broken sectional view taken on line l--4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detached view of a slip cover which differs only slightlyfrom the form shown in Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a broken front elevation of a chair or davenportillustrating a modified form of cover.

Figure '7 is a broken detached view of a portion of the cover shown inFigure 6.

Figure 8 is a broken development of the cover section embodying theimproved modification.

In the drawings, the article of furniture is a chair indicated generallyby the numeral Ill, and is provided with conventional arms II, a back52, and seat I3. The cover comprises a back panel I4, and a front panelI5, which are secured together at It. These panels form an enclosure forthe front and rear portions of the back I2, but as will be seen inFigure 1, they do not enclose the shoulders I? and lateral edges IB ofthe chair since the vertical edges I5a of front panel l5 are unsecuredto the rear panel Id. The

width of the panels I4 and I5 is somewhat narrower than the Width of theback of the chair on which the covering is intended to be used, whichchairs may, of course, vary several inches in lateral dimensions. Theshoulders I! and lateral portions I8 of the chair back are covered byauxiliary cover or shoulder sections I9 which, as shown in Figure 5, maybe generally of rectangular shape. The shoulder sections I9 are eachsecured along a vertical edge to one of the panels It or I5, preferablyto the former, as indicated by a line of stitching 2B which terminatesabove the lower edge 24 of the respective shoulder sections. Thetermination of the line of stitching 23 above the lower edges 24 leavesthe lower portions of the sections free for tucking into the spaces atthe rear of the arms, the amount tucked in depending upon the height ofthe chair back.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, theupper portions of the section is along the rear edges thereof aresecured by stitching to the seam I6 by means of which the upper ends ofpanels I4 and I5 are secured together. This arrangement leaves the topedge 22, vertical edge 23, and lower edge 24 of each shoulder section I9free.

When the cover is placed over a chair, the panels l4 and i5 are drawndown to fit the chair back properly, and the free edges 22 and 23 of thesections I9 are brought forwardly and inserted beneath the adjacentvertical edges of the panel I5 as indicated in Figures 1 and 2. Thepanel I5 holds the edges of the sections IS in position against disarrayalthough if desired one or more elastic bands 25 may be attached to thefree edges 23 of the sections l9 to assist in retaining the sections I9smoothly in position around the lateral edges I8 of the chair back.

The lower edges 24 of the sections I9 are adapted to be tucked into thespaces usually provided between the rear ends of the arms II and thechair back I2.

It will be seen that the sections I9 provide means whereby a slip covercan be adjusted smoothly to chairs having backs of different widths andof different curvatures at the shoulders I8, it being necessary at timesto make folds lQa in the material at a free edge of the sections inadjusting the same smoothly to the contour of the shoulders and lateraledges of the chair back.

In Figure 5 the sections I9 are shown folded outwardly in the plane ofthe rear panel I l. In this modification of the invention the upperportion I9b of the rear vertical edge of each section I9 is unsecured tothe seam [5. In this respect only the modification of Figure differsfrom that above described. Leaving the edge portion l9b free enables thesections I9 to be adjusted more freely in accommodating the same toshoulders of different shapes or dimensions.

The remaining portions of the slip cover, that is the portions coveringthe arms I I, the cushion, and the front of the article of furniture, aswell as the sides of the arms, are not pertinent to the presentinvention, and may be of any well known construction, that is, the coversections for the arms I! may be of the detachable form, if v desired, asdistinguished from slip covers where the arm sections are sewed toadjacent portions of the cover to form a unitary cover.

The modified form of cover shown in Figures 6 to 8 inclusive comprises arear panel 2'! and front panel 28 for the back and front of the artimay,if desired, be formed of a single piece of material although in thedrawings it is shown as comprising upper and lower sections 29a, 291)connected by a welt seam 290.

As shown in Figure 8, the section 29 is secured to the panel 28 bystitching 30 which extends between two small fiaps 3i and 32 which areintegral with the portions 29a and 2% respectively and are shown in saidfigure as disposed beneath the lateral portions of the panels 2'! and 28respectively. The flaps 3| and 32 are not stitched to the panels Zl, 28but are free and facilitate the adjustment of the cover to article backswhich vary in thickness from front to rear.

In fitting the cover to the artcile the panels 21 and 28 are firstadjusted to the back of the article with the seam 21a extending alongthe upper end of the back. The portion 29a will thus be disposed at thetop corner of the back, as illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 and is foldeddownwardly over the shoulder of the back and the portion 2% then isswung rearwardly over the free edge 29d to the rear where it is attachedby pins or other fasteners 33 to the rear panel 2?. The

. portion 2% thus is disposed over the free edge of the portion 29a andholds it in position. The flaps 3| and 32 lie under the panels 21 and28,

respectively, and being free enable the section 29 to beadjustedsmoothly to shoulders and side edges of article backs ofdifferent dimensions.

Where the cover is fitted to chairs having relatively narrow backs, Ihave found that it can be fitted smoothly over the shoulders by swingingsections 2% rearwardly and smoothly tucking any surplus portions of thesection 29a under the panel 28 at the top of the back rather than underthe section .29?) as above described. If desired an elastic 25 may beattached to the margins of the portions 2% and extend transversely ofthe article back beneath the panel 21.

As illustrated in Figures 6 and 7, the portion 29a of section 29 coversthe shoulder or corner of the back and the welt seam 290 extends fromfront to rear around the edge of the back to give the cover a finishedappearance at this portion thereof.

The lower edge 29c of the portion 29b preferably is curved, asillustrated, which edge is tucked into: the space usually providedbetween the rear ends of the arms and the article back.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my improvementsfor the purpose of illustration, I do not wish to be restrictedspecifically thereto except as so limited by the appended claim.

I claim:

A slip cover for an article of furniture having arms and a backproviding a space between the rear ends of said arms and back, saidcover comprising front and rear cover panels for the back having lateraledges unsecured together and being of a width insufiicient to enclosethe shoulders and sides of the article back, and cover sections for eachof said shoulders and lateral sides of the article back secured at oneedge only to one of said panels and comprising an upper shoulder portionadapted to be folded downwardly into smoothly fitting relation with saidshoulder and having a free lower edge, and a cooperating portion adaptedto be folded substantially horizontally across the corresponding side ofthe article for attachment to the other panel and having an upper edgearranged to overlap said lower edge of said shoulder portion to securethe same in position, said cooperating portions being of such lengthvertically that the lower edges thereof can be tucked into said spacesbetween said back and the adjacent arms for retaining said portions inposition.

PHILIP TRUBITZ.

